Ian Astbury is so much funnier than we imagined. The Cult, his mighty metal-crunching band with guitarist Billy Duffy, has just released Choice Of Weapon (Cooking Vinyl), the newest and best Cult album since 1994’s The Cult. In our Q&A with him, Astbury takes down those who make themselves authoritarian without merit—music journalists, politicians—in a fashion similar to his highly personal lyrical outlook on Weapon. He is guest editing magnetmagazinecom all week with the same candor.
Astbury: This is Fort Apache for the illuminated heads holding down the hearts and minds as Manhattan descends into a yuppie playground. I have spent many hours contemplating all the titles on the well-stocked shelves. How I wish I could sit silently in a corner and read every book in the entire store.
Video after the jump.
